Jenkins Was Convicted, but Record Was Cleared
On Jan. 9, in your article “Carew’s Swing Opens Door to Hall of Fame,” you made a serious error by saying Ferguson Jenkins was convicted for cocaine possession in 1980. Check out the record and you will find it was a marijuana conviction.
MICHAEL THOMAS
Los Angeles
Editor’s note: Jenkins was arrested for, and convicted of, possessing marijuana, cocaine and hashish, but the judge later ordered his record cleared because of his history of community service.
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